-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Canada 's Supreme Court has struck down the country 's laws about prostitution .

While selling sex for money is n't illegal in Canada , until Friday 's 9-0 ruling , three specific laws had made it difficult for prostitutes to more safely and securely engage in sex work .

One of the laws prohibited anyone from operating a brothel . Another forbade people from earning a living working for a prostitute , such as being a driver , bookkeeper or bodyguard . Another law reportedly made it illegal to communicate in public about acts of prostitution .

On Friday , Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said that the court 's decision would be `` suspended for one year '' until Parliament amends the laws .

McLachlin said the time should be allotted because `` the regulation of prostitution is a complex and delicate matter . ''

According to the Toronto Star , if 12 months from now the federal government has not redrafted legislation , then prostitutes will be allowed to legally work , hire drivers , bodyguards and accountants , and screen their clients .

The law 's purpose `` is to target pimps and the parasitic , exploitative conduct in which they engage , '' the court said Friday .

`` The law , however , punishes everyone who lives on the avails of prostitution without distinguishing between those who exploit prostitutes and those who could increase the safety and security of prostitutes , for example , legitimate drivers , managers , or bodyguards . . . The living on the avails provision is consequently overbroad . ''

On another matter , the law on prohibiting soliciting was designed `` not to eliminate street prostitution for its own sake , but to take prostitution off the streets and out of public view in order to prevent the nuisances that street prostitution can cause , '' the high court found .

CNN affiliate CBC News , citing a criminologist , said Parliament could criminalize the sale or purchase of sex and choose to regulate where prostitution can occur .

Parliament also could do nothing , in which case the provinces and municipalities would likely develop their own provisions , CBC News said .

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Canada 's Supreme Court justices voted unanimously

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Ruling pertains to prohibitions on brothels , profiting from the act of prostitution or talking about it

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Canadian lawmakers have one year to redraft laws , justice said